Competitions without age limit

[cardinals]

Would you suggest any piano competitions with good reputations open to 35+ years old? I just found some after googling but I guess there must be even more...

[gerryjay]

 hey cardinals!
 why don't you start posting your own discoveries?
 

[cardinals]

hey cardinals!
 why don't you start posting your own discoveries?
 

Below is the list of competitions (USA and Europe) I have found...

Richter competition
A.M.A.Calabria
Ivo Pogorelich International Solo Piano Competition
Vera Lotar-Shevchenko International Piano Competition
Rudolf Heydner Piano Competition
IBLA Grand Prize International Piano Competition & Master Classes
Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition
INTERNATIONAL JEAN FRANCAIX MUSIC COMPETITION
International Web Concert Hall Competition
Paris / Ville d’Avray International Competition
Premio Bonporti in Rovereto
Millennium Arts 2006 International Video Competition for Instrumentalists
European Piano Contest in Luxemburg
SIPF Piano Competition
ENNIO PORRINO
Concert Artists Guild International Competition
National and International Piano Competition of Merignac
BARLOW INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE PIANISTICO (SOTTO L’EGIDA DELLA REGIONE ABRUZZO)
International Johannes Brahms Competition
“CITTÀ DI MASSAFRA”

[gerryjay]

 cool list!
 i promise to look for another ones in the next days, it's only a matter of solve some work issues. i'm highly interested in those competitions for the future.

[dnephi]

Last I checked, the international marbles tournament had no age limit either.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

https://www.centrothalberg.it/premiothalberginglese.htm

Add that to the list.

[gerryjay]

Last I checked, the international marbles tournament had no age limit either.

 
 are you planing to participate?

[cygnusdei]

ENNIO PORRINO

... he he he

[cardinals]

... he he he

Yes it's the name of a competition in Cagliari, Italy, commemorating the Italian composer (1910-59)...

[cygnusdei]

Anyone aware of this one?

https://www.chopinroma.it/ing_bando_concorso.pdf

Not exactly without age limit but quite inclusive.

[general disarray]

Here's a great one:

https://www.cliburn.org/index.php?page=amateur_competition

[dinosaurtales]

Now I KNOW this topic has been discussed before, but if you check the bios of the participants (finalists in particular) on most of these, you will notice that the word "amateur" is taken loosely.  Most of these folks have advanced degrees/study in performance, teach private lessons, etc.  They just say they are "teachers" or something else.  That's not the same to me.

[kghayesh]

I guess the most prestigious competition for your age category is the Van Cliburn competition for outsanding amateurs. At least you get to perform in the same hall as the great Van Cliburn competition!!

[cygnusdei]

I guess the most prestigious competition for your age category is the Van Cliburn competition for outsanding amateurs. At least you get to perform in the same hall as the great Van Cliburn competition!!

It appears that entrance to the 2011 competition is already closed. All 75 competitors are already chosen. Isn't that weird?

[nyonyo]

It appears that entrance to the 2011 competition is already closed. All 75 competitors are already chosen. Isn't that weird?

How did you find out about this? It is strange, it is still basically 4 year to go.....

I agree with dinosarustale, most of the finalists have very advance music degrees. To me, thos people are not amateurs. There is one amateur competition that prohibit people with Music degree to compete. The competition name isBradshaw and Buono, I believe in NY.

[cygnusdei]

Well, these are the bios of current competitors, all 75 of them

https://www.cliburn.org/index.php?page=amateur_current_comp

[openpianocompetition]

Would you suggest any piano competitions with good reputations open to 35+ years old? I just found some after googling but I guess there must be even more...

We have just launched a new piano competition to be held in London, October 2012. For more details visit www.openpianocompetition.com

[keyboardclass]

We have just launched a new piano competition to be held in London, October 2012.

Exactly - who are we?  This smells.

[openpianocompetition]

Exactly - who are we?  This smells.

Hi keyboardclass, sorry you feel this way. The Open Piano Competition has only just been launched  and clearly it cannot boast the heritage or history of more established competitions but we, the Directors, felt it was odd that London did not offer much in terms of piano competitions open to amateurs or semi-professionals.  I hope you will give us the time to provide more information.
Thanks, Marco

[keyboardclass]

I hope you will give us the time to provide more information.

Yeh, like who 'we' are!

[openpianocompetition]

Yeh, like who 'we' are!

Hi "keyboardclass", https://www.openpianocompetition.com/about-us

[keyboardclass]

Flat 6 56 Cromwell Avenue, N6 - Not exactly prestigious then?

[katya_makarova]

https://www.bakitone.com/piano-competitions/the-world-music-masters-competition-in-monte-carlo

[openpianocompetition]

Flat 6 56 Cromwell Avenue, N6 - Not exactly prestigious then?

We're not exactly intending to run the competition at the company's registered address...

[keyboardclass]

I'm sure your mum could go out to the pictures for the night.

[m1469]

We have just launched a new piano competition to be held in London, October 2012. For more details visit www.openpianocompetition.com

I think this sounds really cool!  There are a number of typos in the descriptions, which makes me feel a little like somebody would just take my money and run, but I absolutely love the overall concept, whether this particular competition is for real or not.

[m1469]

Here's kind of an interesting one, and though I gather there is not an upper age limit, there are conditions in terms of degrees held (or not) and what your occupation is, etc..  But, for those interested in competitions and desiring of something that isn't exactly the standard, this might be an interesting option:

https://www.seattlepianocompetition.org/competition_rules.htm

[openpianocompetition]

I think this sounds really cool!  There are a number of typos in the descriptions, which makes me feel a little like somebody would just take my money and run, but I absolutely love the overall concept, whether this particular competition is for real or not.

Hi m1469, thanks for your encouragement, the website content has been uploaded just a few days ago, so bear with us a little longer while we go through everything. The deadline for applications is well into the future, march 31st 2012, and the competition itself is in 13 months.
Marco.

[m1469]

Hi m1469, thanks for your encouragement, the website content has been uploaded just a few days ago, so bear with us a little longer while we go through everything.

Ok .

The deadline for applications is well into the future, march 31st 2012, and the competition itself is in 13 months.
Marco.

Ok  .